Afghan guerrillas killed or wounded 600...

GUERRILLA WAR.

July 17, 1986

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — GUERRILLA WAR. Afghan guerrillas killed or wounded 600 Soviet soldiers in the the first five months of this year, as many as 200 in one month. The information came Wednesday from sources who have proved highly reliable in the past. Western intelligence agencies put Soviet losses since December 1979 at 5,000 to 10,000. The Soviets say they have a ''limited contingent'' in Afghanistan to help the government suppress insurgents. Western intelligence puts the number at 115,000. Western diplomatic sources said Soviet and Afghan government forces were fighting guerrillas this week in the streets of Herat in western Afghanistan. They said many civilians had been killed.